Adding volumes and defining the SMS volume status

Before you begin: You must have displayed the Storage Group Application Selection panel (select option 6, Storage Group, from the ISMF Primary Option Menu).

Perform the following steps to add volumes and define the SMS volume status.

On the Storage Group Application Selection panel, select option 5, Volume. This displays the Storage Group Volume Selection panel.
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Supply values on the Storage Group Volume Selection panel:
- Select option 2, Define.
- Specify the volume serial numbers of the DASD volumes that you want to add to the pool storage group
Each time you press Enter, you see the SMS Volume Status Define panel. For an example, see Figure 1.
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Supply values on the SMS Volume Status Define panel. For more information on supplying values, see Values on the SMS volume status define panel.
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Issue the END command to return to the Storage Group Application Selection panel. You can define additional DASD volumes to the pool storage group.

Figure 1. Defining Volume System Status

   Panel  Utilities  Scroll  Help
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                           SMS VOLUME STATUS DEFINE              Page 1 of 2
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 SCDS Name . . . . . . : SMS.SCDS1.SCDS
 Storage Group Name  . : POOL1
 Volume Serial Numbers : 010000 - 010010

 To DEFINE SMS Volume Status, Specify:

  System/Sys      SMS Vol     System/Sys      SMS Vol    ( Possible SMS Vol
  Group Name      Status      Group Name      Status       Status for each:
  ----------      -------     ----------      -------      NOTCON, ENABLE,
  SYSTEM1    ===> ENABLE      SYSTEM2    ===> ENABLE       DISALL, DISNEW,
  SYSTEM3    ===> ENABLE      SYSTEM4    ===> ENABLE       QUIALL, QUINEW )
  SYSTEM5    ===> ENABLE      SYSTEM6    ===> ENABLE
  *SYSPLX1   ===> ENABLE                 ===>            * SYS GROUP = sysplex
             ===>                        ===>              minus systems in the
             ===>                        ===>              sysplex explicitly
             ===>                        ===>              defined in the SCDS
             ===>                        ===>
 Use ENTER to Perform Verification; Use DOWN Command to View next Panel;
 Use HELP Command for Help; Use END Command to Save and Exit; CANCEL to Exit.